Neuroplasticity, development, and steroid hormone action

 Content: Introduction: sexual differentiation of the brain: an historical perspective / Seiichiro Kawashima and Roger A. Gorski --
 Migration of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons: the road to reproductive function / Susan Wray --
 Role of transcription factors in the development of the hypothalamic neuroendocrine system / Hitoshi Kawano ... [et al.] --
 Steroid regulation of cell populations in the insect central nervous system / Susan E. Fahrbach, Kathleen A. Klukas and Karen A. Mesce --
 Molecular mechanisms of thyroid hormone action in brain development / Noriyuki Koibuchi --
 Positioning estrogen receptor alpha-containing cells during hypothalamic development / Stuart A. Tobet ... [et al.] --
 The role of glucocorticoids and retinoic acid in pituitary endocrine cell differentiation / Kinji Inoue ... [et al.] --
 In vitro and in vivo approaches to the study of the neuroprotective actions of estradiol / Phyllis M. Wise ... [et al.] --
 Neuroprotective effects of estrogen in nigral dopaminergic neurons / Hideyuki Sawada and Shun Shimohama --
 Novel cerebellar function: neurosteroids in the purkinje neuron and their genomic and nongenomic actions / Kazuyoshi Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi Ukena and Hirotaka Sakamoto --
 Potential mechanisms for the effects of estrogen on cognitive processes: role of basal forebrain cholinergic projections / Robert B. Gibbs --
 Male reproductive defects in puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase-deficient mice / Goku Takashi Takeuchi --
 GnRH gene expression: lessons learned from immortalized cells / Mark A. Lawson and Pamela L. Mellon --
 Pulse generation in LHRH neurons / Ei Terasawa --
 Neuronal control circuit for the gonadotropin-releasing hormone surge in rats / Toshiya Funabashi, Kazuyuki Shinohara and Fukuko  Kimura --
 Electrical properties of postnatal GnRH neurons in the mouse and their regulation by gonadal steroids / Allan E. Herbison --
 Physiology of GnRH neurons and modulation of their activities by GnRH / Yoshitaka Oka and Hideki Abe --
 Electrophysiological analyses of GnRH neurons using a transgenic mouse model / F. Edward Dudek ... [et al.] --
 Novel estrogen feedback associated with fasting-induced suppression of luteinizing hormone secretion in female rats / Hiroko Tsukamura ... [et al.] --
 Biochemical, pharmacological, and functional characterization of the corticosterone membrane receptor in an amphibian: a brief review / Frank L. Moore --
 Different subsets of preoptic neurons for proceptive and receptive components of female rat sexual behavior / Yasuo Sakuma --
 Animal models of experiential effects on neural metabolism: plasticity in limbic circuits / Jon T. Sakata, Ajay Gupta and David Crews --
 In vivo and in vitro studies on steroid hormone receptors and cofactors: tissue localization in the brain and intracellular dynamics / Mitsuhiro Kawata ... [et al.] --
 Sex differences in chronic stress effects on cognitive function and brain neurochemistry / Victoria Luine ... [et al.]  --
 Do sex chromosomal genes directly induce sexually dimorphic neural development? / Arthur P. Arnold ... [et al.] --
 Excitatory GABA as a mediator of steroid-induced brain sexual differentiation / Margaret M. McCarthy ... [et al.] --
 Progesterone and sexual differentiation of the developing brain / Christine K. Wagner and Princy S. Quadros --
 Transient expression of estrogen receptor in the developing rat brain: a case in the facial nucleus / Shinji Hayashi --
 Ontogeny and molecular characterization of estrogen receptors in the hippocampus / Robert J. Handa ... [et al.].